Green and Inclusive Growth Centre of Expertise

The UK Centre for Green and Inclusive Growth is anticipated to be a 7-year programme with a budget of up to £300m ODA and up to £7m in non-ODA.

This new programme will be delivered through 3 main components:

A. GIG hub and Technical Assistance Facility (TAF) (£205m ODA + £7m non-ODA): We envisage that the TAF will deliver integrated TA activities across GIG’s themes and on a demand-responsive basis, subject to criteria and strategic alignment with GIG. Activities will be delivered at a range of scales (deep vs. targeted). The Hub and GIG TAF are expected to deliver part of the learning and evidence function for GIG and include monitoring, review and learning (assessing GIG’s impact, performance and VfM and provide continual learning over the period of the programme) as well as active co-ordination with the other FCDO Centres of Expertise and relevant Centrally Managed Programmes. The component would also help to drive integration across the GIG COE and wider FCDO programme portfolio. This component is envisaged to be delivered jointly by commercial supplier(s) and FCDO staff, including Programme Funded Posts. We also anticipate being able to offer XHMG expertise. The TAF would deliver both ‘deep’ and ‘targeted’ interventions co-designed with Posts and in response to country demand. Both types of interventions would contribute to, and adapt, in response to the learning and evidence function. Deep interventions will be multi-year programmes while the duration of targeted interventions will be under a year.

B. International Growth Centre (£70m ODA): This component is intended to deliver demand-responsive, evidence-based policy advice and support to developing country governments. It will stimulate wider policy debate (international and in country) and deliver world class research outputs, policy briefs, responsive policy advice and synopsis papers. Whilst Component 1 and Component 2 are both expected to deliver demand responsive advice, this component is expected to differ from the TAF described above in that the advice will be grounded in the IGC’s research and long-term relationships formed with government partners through a country office network. These features will result in the implantation of new growth policies and reforms leading to an impact of higher and more sustainable economic growth. Drawing on its strong track record, the IGC will include a country programme element, research programme element, a responsive policy unit, and a networking and communication element. The IGC is also expected to play an umbrella role to maximise the impact of other economic development research programmes and its country office infrastructure.

C. Partnerships for Growth (£25m ODA): This component is expected to support a range of GIG activities, delivered by key strategic partners, and delivered at global scale. Partners could include multilaterals, academia, CSOs or private sector partnerships. We envisage that GIG will be able to engage new partners throughout the lifetime of the programme in response to emerging priorities, evolving contexts and demand from Post. These will build on and learn from the number of partnership’s with these organisations that FCDO has had in recent years through existing GIG projects and other related projects. This component will not be subject to going to market.

Indicative activities include;

• Convening, partnering, knowledge sharing and influencing
• Technical assistance for Governments / state entities
• Technical assistance to firms
• Investment advice and deal facilitation
• Analysis, research and evidence

GIG will seek to support generating quality jobs, economic inclusion and especially women’s economic empowerment, responsible business, and actions to drive green transitions as objectives across its work.

Please register interest on the FCDO Portal: (supplierportal.dfid.gov.uk/selfservice/ ↗) (project_10939) Additional information: This programme is currently working through Business Case approvals and this is a Prior Information Notice and not a call for competition at this time. It is used to highlight to the market that we intend to reach tender stage in the future and invite registration at our Early Market Engagement event on 12th June 2024 at 2pm UK time: forms.office.com/e/PXsdYF0ZVj ↗